Brenda Fricker, actress, born
February 17, 1945
Joseph Parry, composer of the Welsh Opera Blodwen, died
February 17, 1903
Horace Plunkett and W.E.H. Lecky, support John Redmonds plea for clemency for Irish political prisoners
February 17, 1896
Rene T.H. Laennec, Famed French physician born
February 17, 1781
James Renwick, last Covenanter to be executed
February 17, 1688
King James V passed a law which recognised Scotlands gypsies
February 17, 1540